Provisional Government (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1922

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The Provisional Government (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1922 was a key legal instrument that enabled the handover of administrative powers from British authorities to the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State during the transition to independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal order
statutory instrument
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State (in formation) NERFINISHED
Southern Ireland NERFINISHED
category Irish constitutional documents
United Kingdom statutory instruments concerning Ireland
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
documentType Order in Council NERFINISHED
effect enabled Irish ministers to assume control of government departments in Southern Ireland
marked a formal step in the transfer of executive authority to Irish hands
enablingAct Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 NERFINISHED
field constitutional law
public administration
governs transfer of functions of existing government departments in Southern Ireland
hasConsequence reduced direct administrative control of the British Government over Southern Ireland
strengthened authority of the Provisional Government of Ireland
historicalPeriod Irish Free State transition
Irish War of Independence aftermath
implementedBy British Government NERFINISHED
Privy Council NERFINISHED
language English
legalBasis Anglo-Irish Treaty NERFINISHED
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 NERFINISHED
partOf legal framework for establishment of the Irish Free State
purpose to implement provisions of the Anglo-Irish Treaty relating to provisional governance
to transfer administrative powers from British authorities to the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State
relatedTo Anglo-Irish Treaty NERFINISHED
Government of Ireland Act 1920 NERFINISHED
Irish Free State NERFINISHED
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 NERFINISHED
Provisional Government of Ireland NERFINISHED
significance key legal instrument in the transition from British rule to Irish self-government
subjectOf Irish constitutional history
studies of the Irish Free State transition
transferredPowersFrom British administration in Southern Ireland NERFINISHED
Lord Lieutenant and British executive authorities in Ireland
transferredPowersTo Provisional Government of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED

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Provisional Government of Ireland legalBasis Provisional Government (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1922